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KENNETH E. LAUTER

A native of Indianapolis and 1982 graduate of Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, Mr. Lauter practiced labor and employment law on the management side until 1993. Since then, Mr. Lauter has practiced on the employee side and been involved in the following representative litigation brought under laws guaranteeing employee rights:

Age Discrimination: After more than seven years of litigation, Mr. Lauter’s clients received a $1.675 million share of a $2.15 million settlement resolving a wider class action alleging age discrimination by a multinational corporation. Exceeding the firm’s more typical state-wide client base, Mr. Lauter initiated the action with clients from the states of Rhode Island, Texas, California, Montana and Washington.

Indiana Wage Claims Act: Mr. Lauter argued a wage claims action before the Indiana Supreme Court to uphold an award of more than $900,000 in damages and attorney fees. The unanimous court upheld the award and its ruling cleared up a decade of conflicting lower court rulings. Steele v. St. Vincent Hospital, 766 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2002).